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BASE 0R SUPPORT POR FURNITURE.

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MARKS lsAMunL'S, or new YORK, N. Y., ASSreNoR or ONE-HALF To ANNIE ABRAMS, or SAME PLACE.

BASE OR SUPPORT FOR FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 373,311, dated November 15, 1887.

Application filed March 3l, 1887. Serial No. 233,165. (No model.)

.To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARKS SAMUELS, a citizen of the United States, residing atN ew York, in the county and State of New York, have invented-newand useful Improvements in Bases or Supports for Furniture and other Articles, of which the'following is a specification.

This invention relates to a base'or support for furniture and other articles, whereby said articles are enabled to be easily turned or faced about while Said base or support remains fixed or stationary.

' This invention is set forth in the following specification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whioh- Figure l is a section in the planex x, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a section in the plane yy, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a section in the plane zz, Fig. l. Fig. et is a section in the plane o o, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a plan view ofa modified form of base. Fig. 6 is a Section in the plane w w, Fig. 5.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates abase or support. A frame or movable portion, B, is adapted to move in Suitable ways or guides in the base A. The movable port-ion B is-provided with a pin or pivot, C, engaging a bottom side or portion, D, of an object, such as an article of furniture.

The article shown in the drawings consists of a closet, E, and a folding bed, F, adapted vto open or-close byswinging about a joint or hinges, G. To steady the article a support- Su'ch as a disk, H-is placed about the pivot C and between the base A and the bottom D of the supported article.

The bottom or portion D ofthe articleis provided With apin or pivot, I, having a portion, K, adapted to travel along a track or way, L. Tile way L may be made in the shape of a track on the base A, as Seen in Figs. 3 and 4, or in the shape of a groove in the base A, as seen in Figs. 5 and 6.' The portion Kis Shaped to engage the way L, as seen in Figs. It and 6,

When the article is turned about the pin C in the direction of arrow 1, Fig. 2, the motion of the bottom or vside D, turning about the pin C, carries the guide or portion K from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 8 to the position indicated in dotted -li'nes in said figure. The frame B and disk C are also carried by been moved, so that if Said folding bed in Fig.

l had faced a wall said folding bed would now be in a position to be opened about its pivots or hinge alongside of said wall. Of course, it' desired, the revolution of the portion D may be continued through'an arc of one hundred and eighty degrees from the position shown in Fig. 1. If the portion D is moved through an are of one hundred and eighty degrees, the guide or portionK, which in Fig. 3 isnear one extremity of the way or track L, will be brought near to the other extremity of Way L. If the portion D is moved through an are of ninety degrees, the action of the way L and portion VK will be such as to move the frame B partly out of the base A, as seen in Fig. 3 in dotted lines. This motion will give the article room to turn in ease the base A iS near the wall of a room. When the portion D is moved back to the position shown in Fig. 3 in full lines, the-action of the way L and portion K will carry the frame B back to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3. To secure this motion of the frame B the track or way L is camshaped, as seen in Figs. 3 and 5.

If desired, the free end of the frame B may be provided with rollers for Supporting said free end, and which rollers will allow theframe B to travel easily back and forth.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. ,Ihe combination, nith a base, A, having a cam-shaped way, L, of a movable frame, B, and an object or article, D, connected to the frame B, and provided with a guide, K, adapted to engage the way L, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with abase, A, having a cani-shaped way, L, of a movable frame, B, and an object or article, D, connected to the frame B, and provided with a guide, K, adapted to engage the way L, and a disk or support, H, interposed between the frame B and the object D, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a movable frame, B, and a base, A, having a cam-shaped way,

L, and provided with guides for the reception guide, K, adapted t0 engage the way L, subx0 of the movable frame B, of an object or article, stantally as set forth.

D, connected to Jthe frame B, and provided In testimony whereof lhzwe hereunto set my With a guide, K, adapted to engage the way L, hand and seal ih the presence 0f two subscrib- 5 substantially as set forth. ing witnesses.

4. The combination, with a buse, A, having MARKS SAMUELS. [L 5.]

a cam-shaped Way, L, of amovable frame, B, l Witnesses:

and an object or article, D, made to revolve or I XV. HAUFF,

swivel ou the frame B, and provided with a E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

